Two children injured each other in a knife fight in broad daylight in Brooklyn yesterday, hours after a young man was stabbed to death in that same New York county.
The fight between the children of 11 and 13 years it happened around 2: 45 pm on Baltic Street, near the NYCHA Gowanus Houses complex, in the Boerum Hill neighborhood. Police initially said the boys had been stabbed by another suspect, but it was later established that they had attacked each other.
They were hospitalized at Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition. There was no information on what may have led to the fight and the investigation is ongoing.
Hours earlier, early yesterday morning, when responding to a call to 911 the police found Zion Zeno , aged 22, unconscious with a stab wound to the chest at Newport and Strauss streets around the : 40 am, authorities said.
Canarsie resident Zeno was taken to Brookdale Hospital, but they couldn’t save him, reported Pix. 274637 No arrests have been made for this homicide. Anyone with information should call 1-888-577-TIPS (74782) and in Spanish 1-888-57-CLUE (74782). Also through crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP550. All communications are strictly confidential.